@arindam sarkar...good one friend except 1 and 10 for completely different reasons all together :-)) .women's issues is way too general and 10th one is way too specific.And may i request you mention a broad framework for the above mentioned essays

@arindam sarkar...good one friend except 1 and 10 for completely different reasons all together :-)) .women's issues is way too general and 10th one is way too specific.And may i request you mention a broad framework for the above mentioned essays

These are just topics. Expansions would take too much time for one person. Hope others pitch in.

Alternative South-Asian strategy for India: Exploring soft power Asia’s defining triangular relationship: China, Japan and IndiaAsia's developing power balance and its implications on the resource scramble over the next centuryThe European Union as a model for a 'world government'

1) Sports: Just a part of the game or a business?2)Indias demography - A path towards great future or darkness?3)The world post 21004)India - a superpower in the making or just another big country?5)Indias democracy - an eyewash or a reality?

:-S i don't think this is going to work at all if we continue posting just the topics randomly. i think we should decide ona common issue(Every week say indo china this week) and list 3-4 topics from that issue itself and select one(via voting) and then write the essay on that topic and paste the link/essay here for common evaluation. that way we will not only cover one topic every week but also cover a lot of topics by Oct.

:-S i don't think this is going to work at all if we continue posting just the topics randomly. i think we should decide ona common issue(Every week say indo china this week) and list 3-4 topics from that issue itself and select one(via voting) and then write the essay on that topic and paste the link/essay here for common evaluation. that way we will not only cover one topic every week but also cover a lot of topics by Oct.

Capital punishment and Mercy petition was a lot in news. So was gambling in sports. So, I suggest these topics for essay:1. Criminal justice system in India2. Betting/gambling has diminished the sheen of sports

Everybody seemingly wants fodder points. So here are some for the topics I wrote:1. Criminal justice system: still a legacy of British, it's more punitive than reformatorylakhs of undertrials languish in jails. Some even for petty crimes. Recently Supreme Court took up a habeas corpus petition by such an undertrial. But the ques is how many cases is the Court going to accept, coz there are lakhs!No. of prisons is less compared to no. of prisoners. Bad state of prisonsIssue of VIP treatment to VIPSIssue of mercy petitions getting delayed for so long and now India is on the verge of executing so many criminals. protests by Amnesty international.Authoritative attitude of policemen-delayed police reformsEncounter deaths- Supreme court has called it a rarest of the rare crime and such policemen deserve death penalty.All is not that bad. Recently Himachal became the first state to introduce open prison system.Juvenile justice system- procedure estbd by law to be followed. Yet lot remains to be done.

2. Betting/gambling in sports is legal in many countries. it is strictly regulated though.Betting occurs, thats not bad. But match fixing is bad.In India, Goa recognizes gambling. Horse races are also legally gambled upon. This is a great source of revenue for the govt. Revenue from gambling on a popular game can be used to encourage other sportsBut in Britain it was found that people became dependent on the gambling money specially after recession set in. Also, no amt of regulation can ensure zero fixing.

Well, we can expand on these points. Please contribute your own points as well.

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